A prisoner serving a sentence in Monmouthshire, Wales has been found to be in possession of an extensive arsenal of bladed weapons. The thing is, they’re all fake. All made out of matchsticks. And some are based on the weapons of the Final Fantasy universe.
The Governor of the prison, Steve Cross, told The Sun, “Their realism presented a genuine threat to the safety of staff, visitors and other prisoners”. Meanwhile, a “source” told the tabloid, “It must have taken months. The knives were lethal.”
Steve Cross and his staff are obviously not big JRPG fans, then, because nobody realised one was a Buster Sword from Final Fantasy VII, or that another — which featured “a fully revolving barrel” — is Squall’s gunblade from Final Fantasy VIII.
Because the knives looked real, they could be used to threaten people, so they’re obviously not on. Maybe the guy should build Final Fantasy haircuts out of matchsticks instead. No, wait, that’d be just as dangerous…
Lag’s cell arsenal made from tiny sticks [The Sun -- thanks Matthew!]
AerintheADEQUATE
Thursday, November 3, 2011 at 7:45 AMNone of these look any more ‘lethal’ than a bookmark does. And to think someone thought they were realistic? That’s just sad.
Some moron guard prolly freaked out and put the staff into a panic, and then when they saw how fake and ‘pointless’ it all was they decided to act like it was really a threat in order to save face.
steven
Thursday, November 3, 2011 at 7:46 AMthe second and third from the left are from the anime bleach if i’m not mistaken (renji’s sword and ichigo’s)
Ruari Moran
Thursday, November 3, 2011 at 10:09 AMYeah I got that too, the one on the far left could be a regular Zanpakutou as well.
NULL
Thursday, November 3, 2011 at 10:12 AMThe first one looks like its supposed to be a reverse bladed sword so its probably from Rurouni Kenshin (Samurai X in America)
Russell
Thursday, November 3, 2011 at 5:31 PMLethal my ass
RocK_M
Friday, November 4, 2011 at 10:49 AMOh gawd… that byline for the headline..
“This terrifying arsenal found in a jail cell is all made out of MATCHSTICKS. ”
TERRIFYING ARSENAL!
LAWLZ